Military service
Service number:
697057
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1878
Kagoshima-Ken, Japan
Enlistment:
September 1, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
May 7, 1917
Rouen, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Ruyiko and Luga Ishii, of Kogoshima Prefecture, Japan. Husband of Unre Ishii, of Yokohama, Japan. Father of Jungi and Suzie
Digital gallery of Private Ryukichi Ishii
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Photo of Ryukichi Ishii
Photo circa 1914, courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum. Number: 1992.23.1.2.17.a-b -
Japanese Canadian War Memorial
Japanese Canadian War Memorial, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. Inscribed on a nearby plaque: World War I Japanese Canadian War Memorial. This monument is in lasting memory of the 190 who answered the call of duty for Canada and to the 54 who laid down their lives in defence of freedom in the Great War. Their names are engraved on the monument erected, April 2, 1920. A re-lighting of the Memorial to Canadian soldiers of Japanese Ancestry in World War I took place on August 2, 1985. -
Detailed view of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.
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Inscription
Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Ryukichi Ishii
Digital gallery of
Private Ryukichi Ishii
Digital gallery of
Private Ryukichi Ishii
Digital gallery of
Private Ryukichi Ishii
Digital gallery of
Private Ryukichi Ishii
Digital gallery of
Private Ryukichi Ishii
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 262 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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